Curtain rod construction



Sept. 16, 1941. P, STRATTON 2,255,990

CURTAIN ROD CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 24, 1941 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 16, 1941 NT OFFICE CURTAIN ROD CONSTRUCTION Philip B. Stratton, Sturgis, vMich., assignor to Kirsch Company, Sturgis, Mich.

Application February 24, 1941, Serial No. 380,086

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain rod constructions.

This invention relates to curtain rod constructions and has for its objects:

First, to provide a new and improved construction of this type in which the rod may be supported in either of two positions.

Second, to provide a new and improved fastening member and bracket combination to be used in the manufacture of curtain rods.

Third, to provide a new and improved bracket for use in such a construction which bracket is simple and inexpensive.

Fourth, to provide such a construction which is particularly adapted for use in curtain rods which are bowed on an even bow from end to end, and which are used either extended horizontally from the brackets or upwardly and outwardly away therefrom.

Other objects and advantages pertaining to details and economies of construction and operation will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims. A preferred embodiment of my invention is i1- lustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the curtain rod in place on a window.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the bracket.

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the rod supported by the improved bracket and connecting member in an upwardly and outwardly bowed direction.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the rod supported in a horizontal position.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the rod as shown in Fig. 4.

The invention here involved consists of a bracket l and a connecting member 2 which is adapted to be fastened to the end of the curtain rod 3 which is of the type which is bowed on a smooth even bow comprising the arc of a circle and which are used either in the horizontal or in the upwardly bowed position.

The bracket I consists of a base 4 apertured at 5 to receive wall attaching screws 6. There is an upper arm 1 which is struck out of the sheet metal base of the rod and there is a lower arm 8 which extends outwardly away from the base of the bracket. The upper arm 1 is provided with a single aperture 9 which is elongated on a line extending away from the base. In the lower arm 8 are two apertures l0 and II which are spaced from one another along a line extending away from the base. The outermost aperture H is elongated along this line.

comprising a pairof aligned downwardly directed hooks l2 and I3. This member consists of fiat sheet metal. The upper hook I2 is adapted to be inserted in the aperture 9. The lower hook l3may be inserted in the aperture I0 when it is desired to support the rod in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 4, or it may be inserted in the aperture II when it is desired to how the rod outwardly and upwardly as shown in Fig. 3.

The apertures 9 and II are elongated on the line extending away from the base of the bracket so as to permit the hooks l2 and I3 to be inserted therein when the member 2 is at the angle shown in Fig. 3.

Both of the apertures l0 and II are so spaced from the aperture 9 that the lower hook l3 may be received in either of these apertures when the upper hook I2 is in the aperture 9.

The upper end of the lower arm 8 of the bracket is bent upwardly as indicated at H in order to help support the rod when it is in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 4.

The bracket is a simple and inexpensive one and is particularly desirable because of this. It is possible to provide all rods of the type described with brackets making it possible to use them either in the horizontal position or in the upwardly and outwardly bowed position. The attaching member 2 is a simple stamping made of sheet metal and may likewise be produced at a very low cost.

The terms and expressions which have been herein employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described.

It is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a curtain rod construction, a hook member adapted to be fastened to the end of a curtain rod comprising a pair of downwardly directed aligned hooks and a bracelet having a base with a pair of vertically aligned projecting arms thereon, the upper one having an aperture therein adapted to receive the top hook of said hook member and the lower one having a pair of apertures spaced along a line extending outwardly from the base of said bracket, each adapted to and so spaced from the aperture of The attaching member 2 is a hook member the upper arm as to receive the bottom hook of each adapted to and so spaced from the aperture of the upper arm as to receive the'hook member when it is disposed in said aperture of said upper arm. r

3. In a curtain rod construction including a rod, the combination of a hook; member adapted to be fastened to the end of said rod comprising a pair of downwardly directed aligned hooks and a bracket having. a base with a pair of vertically aligned projecting arms thereon, the upper one having an aperture comprising a slot elongated along a line extending outwardly from1 said base and the lower one having a pair "of apertures spaced along a line extending outwardly from the base of saidv bracketptheouterrnost aperture be:- ing elongated alongsai'd line; said aperturesbeing adapted to receive Said'jh OOkS of said hook member to support'a curtain rod to which it is fastened, the apertures of the lower arm being so spaced from the aperture of-"the upper arm that "each may receive the bottom hook of said hook member when the top hook is disposed in the aperture of said-upper arm, the outermost end of said lower arm extending upwardly to, engage a rod at a pointspaced from said hook member when the rod isdisposed in a horizontalplane.

4. In a curtain rod construction including a V rod; the combination of a. hook member adapted to be fastened to the end of said rod comprising a pair of downwardly directed aligned hooks and a bracket having a base with a pair of vertically aligned projecting arms thereon, the upper one having an aperture comprising a slot elongated along a line extending outwardly from said base and the lower one having a pair of apertures wardly from the base of said bracketthe outer spaced along a line extending outwardly from the base of said bracket, the outermost aperture being elongated along said line, said apertures being adapted to receive said hooks of said hook member to support a curtain rod to which it is fastened, the apertures of the lower arm being so 7 spaced from the aperture of the upper arm that each may receive the bottom hook of said hook member when the top hook is disposed in the aperture of said upper arm.

5. A curtain rod bracket having a base with a pairof vertically aligned projecting arms thereon, the upper one having an aperture comprising a slot elongated along a line'extending outwardly from said base and the lower one having a pair of apertures spacedalong a line extending outmost' aperture being elongatedalong said line.

6. A curtain rod bracket comprising a base and j a pair of vertically aligned struck-up fiat arms,

one having a vertical aperturetherein and the other having-a pair of vertical apertures spaced along a line extending outwardly from said base.

7-. A curtain rod bracket comprising a base and a pair of vertically aligned-fanns, one having a vertical aperture therein and the other havinga pair of vertical apertures-spaced along a line extending outwardly fromsaid base.

' PHILIP B; VSTRAT'I'ON. 

